Gangster Movies: (ca.1987) Egocentric bandit Salvatore Guiliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence. Giuliano robs from the rich conservative landowners to give to the poor, serf-like peasants, who in turn hail him as their savior. As his popularity grows, so does his ego, and he eventually thinks he is above the power of his backer, Mafia Don Masino Croce. The Don, in turn, sets out to kill the upstart by convincing his cousin and closest adviser Pissciota to assassinate him.

This Michael Cimino directed oddity has no correlation to the actual Salvatore Giuliano, who had little interest in politics and did not give to the poor, as is believed in popular folklore.

The novel is a spin-off of The Godfather (set during Michael ‘s exile in Sicily), however all references to the Corleones are omitted from the film.